Tag: Kirkland Signature Wines
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Costco’s Wine Advent Calendar Comes but Once a Year, Get on It!
Fast Facts: 2021 Edition Costco Wine Advent Calendar ($99.99@Costco in California – Item #1357643) I know, we have to get past Halloween – and Thanksgiving, for that matter – before we get to the year-end holidays. But we are on CST (Costco Standard Time) here at Vinopointer.com and they have their year-end holiday…
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Is this Costco wine the Best $10 Pinot Noir in America?
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in best costco wine deals, best wines under $20, California Wines, Carneros, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, food and wine, Kirkland Signature, Napa Valley, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, reverse wine snob, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15Fast facts: 2019 Kirkland Signature Pinot Noir, Carneros, Napa Valley, California ($9.99 @ Costco, California – Item #505074) The back label of this bottle provides a pretty good introduction to this wine and the Carneros wine growing region as well: The Carneros AVA is the first wine region in California to be defined by…
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Costco has a great 90 point Chardonnay – for under $10
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in best costco wine deals, California Wines, Chardonnay, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, Kirkland Signature Series, Laguna, reverse wine snob, russian river valley, Sonoma County, Sonoma County, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s vs. Costco wines, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20Fast Facts: 2017 Laguna Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, CA ($9.99* @Costco in California – Item #575261) * net price after $10 discount at store. Almost exactly a year ago we…
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The Two Most Popular Wine Varieties in the US – via Costco
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in best costco wine deals, best wines under $20, Cabernet Sauvignon, California Wines, Chardonnay, Columbia Valley, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, food and wine, Kirkland Signature, Kirkland Signature Series, reverse wine snob, Russian River Valley, russian river valley, Sonoma County, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s vs. Costco wines, Uncategorized, Washington State Wines, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15Fast Facts: 2019 Kirkland Signature Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, Washington ($8.99 @Costco in California – Item #1226845) 2019 Kirkland Signature Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, California ($12.99 @Costco in California – Item #789895) What were the two most popular wine varieties sold in the US in 2020? That’s easy. Cabernet Sauvignon and – not far…
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A Pair of Pinots Promotionally Priced at Costco
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in best costco wine deals, best wines under $20, California Wines, Central Coast, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, food and wine, Monterey County, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir, Red Wine, santa maria valley, Santa Maria Valley, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, wines under $10, Wines Under $15, Wines Under $20Fast Facts: 2016 Stasis Pinot Noir, Murmur Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley, California ($13.99* @Costco in California – Item #826896) 2018 Four Virtues Pinot Noir, Monterey County, California ($9.99* @Costco in California – Item #1556414) *net price after $10 (Stasis) and $7 (Four Virtues) discounts I do hope you appreciate all that alliteration we packed into that…
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French (Wine) Lessons from Costco – Très Bien at Under Ten!
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in best costco wine deals, Bordeaux, Bordeaux Blend, Bordeaux Blends, Bordeaux Red Blend, bordeaux superieur, Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, Cotes du Rhone, food and wine, French Wine, grenache syrah carignan, Kirkland Signature, Languedoc-Rousillon, Popular Reviews, Red Wine, Uncategorized, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, wines under $10Fast Facts: 2018 Kirkland Signature Bordeaux Supérieur, Bordeaux, France ($7.99 @Costco in California – Item #1184548) 2017 Gérard Bertrand Tautavel, Côtes du Rousillon Villages, France ($9.99 @Costco in California – Item #637442) I think that it’s fair to say that most American wine consumers don’t understand French wine nearly as well as they do the wines…
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Spring Into Stocking Up on Great SauvBlanc – With Help from TJs and Costco
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in Costco, costco wine blog, Costco Wines, French Wine, Kirkland Signature, Napa Valley, reverse wine snob, Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc, Trader Joe’s & Costco wines, Trader Joe’s vs. Costco wines, Trader Joe’s wine, Trader Joe’s Wine, White Wine, Wine, wine blog, wine reviews, Wines of France, wines under $10, Wines Under $20Fast Facts: 2019 Kirkland Signature Sancerre, Loire Valley, France ($15.79 @Costco in California – Item #1476058) 2019 Fleur de Napa Sauvignon Blanc, Napa Valley, CA ($6.99 @Trader Joe’s in California) Move over red-breasted robins, daffodils and crocuses. From here on out, the harbinger of Spring for lovers of Sauvignon Blanc may well be the…
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Two Zins from the Land of OVZ
Fast Facts: 2018 Kirkland Signature Old Vine Zinfandel, Sonoma, CA ($9.99 @Costco in California – Item #908097) 2017 Pure Bred, Old Vine Zinfandel, Lodi, CA ($6.99 @Trader Joe’s in California) OVZ is, of course, shorthand for Old Vine Zinfandel. And we have two good ones for you to explore this week – one from…
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There’s a new K in town at Costco – think pink wine
Fast Facts: 2020 Kirkland Signature K Vine Rosé of Syrah, Buckshot Vineyard, Washington State, USA ($9.99 @Costco in California – Item #1462888) At last, Costco’s much-hyped, highly anticipated K Vine series are arriving in stores. The first one to land in my local Costco is this lovely rosé. Created in collaboration with the “rock…
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Kirkland Signature Gigondas. It Only Sounds Expensive.
Fast Facts: 2018 Kirkland Signature Gigondas, France ($14.99 @Costco in California – Item #11341020) This blend (Grenache 85%, Syrah 10% and Mourvedre 5%) is crafted from the fruit of old vines grown in the Grand Cru appellation of Gigondas, on some of its highest limestone vineyards in the Southern Rhone Valley. A GSM, it’s a…